USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE-13) - IMO 9593115




Namesake: Medgar Evers[1]
Builder: National Steel and Shipbuilding[2]
Laid down: 26 October 2010[3]
Launched: 29 October 2011[4]
Sponsored by: Myrlie Evers-Williams
Christened: 12 November 2011[5]
In service: 24 April 2012
Identification:
Status: Active service
Badge: USNS Medgar Evers T-AKE-13 Crest.png
General characteristics
Class and type: Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship
Displacement:
  • 23,852 tons light,
  • 40,298 tons full,
  • 16,446 tons dead[2][3]
Length:
  • 210 m (689 ft) overall,
  • 199.3 m (654 ft) waterline[2][3]
Beam:
  • 32.3 m (106 ft) extreme,
  • 32.3 m (106 ft) waterline[2][3]
Draft:
  • 9.1 m (30 ft) maximum,
  • 9.4 m (31 ft) limit[2][3]
Installed power: FM/MAN B&W diesel generators[2][3]
Propulsion:
  • Integrated propulsion and 6.6 kV ship service electrical system
  • 1 × fixed pitch propeller
  • 1 × bow thruster[2][3]
Speed: 20 kn (37 km/h)
Range: 14,000 nmi (26,000 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h)[3]
Capacity:
  • Max dry cargo weight: 5,910 long tons (6,000 t)
  • Max dry cargo volume: 783,000 cu ft (22,200 m3)
  • Max cargo fuel weight:2,350 long tons (2,390 t)
  • Cargo fuel volume: 18,000 imp bbl (2,900 m3)
  • (DFM: 10,500) (JP5:7,500)
Troops: 36 military, 13 for helicopter detachment[3]
Complement: 36 military, 123 civilian[2]
Crew: 126[3]
Electronic warfare
& decoys:		 Nulka decoy launchers
Armament:
Aircraft carried: 2 × helicopters, either Sikorsky MH-60S Knighthawk or Aerospatiale Super Puma
Aviation facilities: 1 helipad

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